Question

In 1981, the population of India was
A. 550 million
B. 1032 million
C. 840 million
D. 680 million

Answer 1

Hint: The years from 1951-1981 was referred to as the time of population explosion in India, caused by a gradual decrease in the death rate but a high population fertility rate in India.

Complete answer:
The term population distribution means the way humans are spaced across the surface of the earth. On the whole, 90 percent of the world's population lives in only 10 percent of the land area. The 10 most populous nations in the world make up approximately 60 percent of the world's population. Of these 10 nations, six are based in Asia.

Population data are gathered through Census operations conducted every 10 years in our country. The first population census in India was carried out in 1872, but its first full census was carried out only in 1881. India is the second most populated nation with a population of 1,210,193,422 (2011). India's population has grown to 1.21 billion, an expansion of more than 181 million from the 2001-2011 decade, according to provisional Census 2011 estimates. The population growth pattern in India over the last one century has been induced by the annual birth rate and death rate and migration rate, indicating various patterns.

In 1981, India's population was about 684 million, with an additional 136 million over the 1971-81 decade and a decadal growth rate of 24.75 per cent or 2.21 percent per year, reflecting no improvement from the previous decade.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: The population growth rate in the country is still high, and the World Development Report estimated that the population of India will reach 1,350 million by 2025.